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Kochiyama,Yuri

Patriotism versus loyalty

Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003

Patriotism is more showing your faith and love for your country, where loyalty often has …

Uyehara,Grayce Ritsu Kaneda

Importance of education in achieving redress for incarceration

Grayce Ritsu Kaneda Uyehara August 28, 1998

I feel that the major contribution has to do with the educational process, which is …

Yamauchi,Wakako Nakamura

Her experience as a Japanese-American schoolchild in Oceanside, California, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Wakako Nakamura Yamauchi May 22, 1998

I was seventeen, I was a senior in high school. We were making ready; this …

Matsumoto,Roy H.

Feelings of loyalty to America while in Japan

Roy H. Matsumoto December 17 & 18, 2003

My mother is really understandable. That is, not my grandmother -- mother. And she understand …

Matsumoto,Roy H.

Mixed emotions after declaration of war on Japan

Roy H. Matsumoto December 17 & 18, 2003

Well, I understand it was the American point. If you're attacked, you have to do …

Yamasaki,Frank

Loss of happy-go-lucky adolescence in Puyallup Assembly Center

Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997

During that period was there an experience I had that was very revealing to me. …

Yamasaki,Frank

Memories of dusty conditions at Minidoka incarceration camp

Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997

It was very, very dusty. The dust was powdery fine and if I recall, it …

Yamasaki,Frank

Making the decision to resist the draft

Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997

These were rumors that you must volunteer to prove that you're a good 100 percent …

Yamasaki,Frank

Starting over after the war: denial of all things Japanese

Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997

One of the notable things was after the war, many Japanese, I think Issei and …

Yamasaki,Frank

Thoughts on post-9/11 atmosphere: what it means to be American

Frank Yamasaki November 5, 2001

This is my personal opinion, but people, majority of people, unfortunately, I don't think understand …

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